Conference Alert: World Refining Technology Summit

“Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness.” -- Charles Dickens (English novelist, 1812-1870)

The 4th Annual World Refining Technology Summit 2012 will be held in Brussels Belgium, 22-23 October 2012
Here is the agenda …

4th Annual World Refining Technology Summit 2012 Agenda
The Current State, Challenges and The Future of The World Refining Industry - Year 2010 And Beyond
Keynote Address
EU Global Policies and Roadmaps to 2050
• The Status of EU Refining
• EU Roadmaps to 2050
• Future for EU Refining
Vision 2050 - Global Energy Supply Scenarios
• Oil And Gas Prices Fluctuation And Its Impact On The Refining Industry
• Tougher Energy Policies And Their Impact On The Refining Industry- European Region Perspective
• Energy Demand Growth - How Long Will Feedstock Last?
Commercial Hydrotreating and Hydrocracking of Petroleum - Update On the Latest Technologies
• Residue Process: Coking, Hydro cracking And Visbreaking
• Upgrade Residue Process: Options And Optimising
• Technical And Commercial Drivers In Heavy And Variable Feedstock Cracking
New Catalyst Technologies and Operating Approach for FCC
• Commercial Aspects Of FCC Technology- Improving Profit Margins
• Optimisation Of The FCC Process - Mass, Heat, And Pressure Balance- Case Study
• FCC Catalysts And Sulphur Reduction In Fuels
• FCC Process Variables And Operating Conditions
Advanced Technologies for Processing High Margin Feedstock
• Feedstock Availability Until 2020
• Increasing Throughput And Providing Constant High Yield Of Quality Refined Products
• Economic Benefits Of Achieving Longer Catalyst Life- Case Study
New Projects and Developments of the Refining Industry in Europe
Regional Update
Roadmap to the Refinery of the Future
• Forging Ahead With New Technologies
• Improving Refinery Performance And Maximising Profit Margins In Tough Economical Landscape
• Refinery Optimisation, Revamping, Upgrading And Newbuilds- The Industry Outlook
Troubleshooting In Oil and Gas Refining
• Due Diligence
• Control Problems In Distillation
• Optimising Pumparounds
• Fouling In Shell And Tube / Heat Exchangers
Special Roundtable Session: Asset Management and Maintenance Planning
• Asset Management - Achieving Higher Utilisation Rates
• Optimal Data Gathering And Rotating Equipment Monitoring
• Utilising Best Practices To Improve Refinery Economics
State-Of-The-Art Sulphur Recovery Technologies
• Update On The Sulphur Recovery Regulations
• Alleviating Operational Difficulties And Overall Sulphur Recovery Improvement - Case Study
• Advanced Sulphur Recovery Technologies- Industry Perspective
Refining In Difficult Economic Times
• Can Technological Advances Help Surviving Through Economical Downturn- Industry Perspective
• Value Chain Management And Optimisation- Case Study
• Clean Fuels Regulations And Hydrogen Management In Refining
• Storage
• Energy Saving In The Oil And Gas Refining Sector
Ground-Breaking Technologies for Difficult Refining Processes
• Heavy Feedstock Processing Technologies
• Delayed Cocking
• Hydrodesulphurization
Refinery Inspection and Security- Next Generation Solutions
• Novel Approaches And Technologies In Refinery Inspection
• Threats And Security In The 21st Century Refining
• Real-Time Asset And People Tracking Solutions
Health Safety and Environment
• Latest Regional update on Environment Norms
• Technology Updates on Health and Safety
• Emission Technologies
Precision Measurement Technologies in Refining
• Best Practices In Precision Measurement For Refineries
• Best-In-Class Flow Measurement For A Large-Scale Refinery
• The Future Of Precision Management
Refinery Automation and Process Control
• Refinery Automation And Process Efficiency
• Optimised Process Control And Refinery Profit Margins
• Refinery Maintenance And Plant Automation

Source: http://www.cerebralbusiness.com/wrts/